S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is one of those classic FPS franchises that makes you glad to be a PC owner. Though you'll learn to hate your spellchecker if you ever have to write about it. Anyways, Shadow Of Chernobyl is the first outing in the series, which offers a tough and unremitting battle for survival along with deep inventory and faction mechanics. Technical issues abound, but frankly, you need to play it.

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